The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's basketball team puts the capper on a four game Canada West road swing. The Pack (3-1) will head to Edmonton to meet up with the MacEwan University Griffins (1-3).
The teams play Friday and Saturday (Nov 15-16) at 6 PM and 5 PM MDT respectively.
The WolfPack are coming off a split with the UBCO Heat in Kelowna last weekend. MacEwan is coming off back to back defeats in Saskatchewan.
The last time these two teams met was 2017-18 at MacEwan. The WolfPack won both games 72-58 (Oct 27, 2017) and 65-61 (Oct 28, 2017).
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Thompson Rivers
Emma Piggin (5
th year, guard, Kamloops, BC): leads the team in rebounds with 6.5 boards per game and second on the Pack in scoring with 13 points per game.
Jordon Haggerty (3
rd year, guard, Saskatoon, SK): leads the Pack in scoring averaging 14.8 points per game and is second on the team in assists and rebounds per game at 2.8 and 4.3 respectively
Leilani Carney (5
th year, guard, Burnaby, BC):third on the team in scoring averaging nine points per game and leads the team in assists with 3.3 per game
Megan Rouault (3
rd year, guard, Vernon, BC): tied for second on the WolfPack in rebounds per game at 4.3
MacEwan Griffins:
Hayley Lalor (2
nd year, guard, Red Deer, AB): leads the Griffins in rebounding averaging 5.8 boards per game
Mackenzie Farmer (3
rd year, forward, Sherwood Park,AB): leads the team in scoring averaging 13 points per game.
Shannon Majeau (3
rd year, forward, Spruce Grove, AB): second on the team in scoring averaging 11.5 points per game
Mady Chamberlin (3
rd year, point guard, Edmonton, AB): third on the team in scoring averaging 6.3 points per game and second on team in rebounding averaging 5.3 per game
Comments of WolfPack head coach Goran Nogic:
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1194820206293446656
Comments of WolfPack guard Kelsey Cruz (1st year, Calgary, AB):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1194820694439153664
After the weekend, the WolfPack return home for the remainder of their pre-Christmas Canada West schedule. They entertain the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves (Nov 22-23) and then the defending Canada West champion University of Saskatchewan Huskies roll into the Tournament Capital Centre (Nov 29-30). Friday tip off's will be 7 PM PDT with Saturday's tip off's set for 5 PM PDT.
The above games will be webcast on a pay-per-view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op by accessing:
https://cw.yaretv.com/.
Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website
www.goWolfPack.ca.
